Shipping news – Page 157
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Straightpoint expands ATEX Range
April 20 - Straightpoint, which provides load cells that ensure loads are safe to lift, offload, pull or push, has announced that its expanded range of ATEX products conform to the new 2014/34/EU directive that becomes effective today, updating 94/9/EC.
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Liquidation for maritime security group
April 20 - The Security Association for the Maritime Industry (SAMI) has entered into voluntary administration following a fall in membership.
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Another container alliance formed
April 20 - CMA CGM, Cosco Container Lines, Evergreen Line and Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) have signed a memorandum of understanding to form a new container shipping alliance covering the Asia-Europe, Asia-Mediterranean, Asia-Red Sea, Asia-Middle
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First for Rapid Response
April 20 - UK based Rapid Response Solutions (RRS) has taken delivery of a 300-tonne capacity hydraulic skidding system, the only one of its kind in Europe, from Canadian manufacturer Hydra-Slide.
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Blue Water plays Wikinger role
April 19 - Blue Water Shipping is providing port handling, stevedoring and agency services in Lindo and Aalborg for 41 jackets and a number of piles destined for the 350 MW Wikinger offshore wind farm in the German sector of the Baltic Sea.
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Jaxport steels ahead
April 19 - Stevedoring company Portus has handled the discharge of 42 oversize steel pieces that will form a northeast Florida manufacturing facility at Jaxport's Blount Island Marine Terminal's heavy lift berth.
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Work starts on Khalifa pipes facility
April 19 - Al Gharbia Pipe Company (Al Gharbia) has started construction of a new pipe manufacturing facility at Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi (Kizad).
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'Difficult times' for Grieg Star
April 19 - Grieg Star states that its open hatch shipping business delivered better results than expected in 2015, posting a loss of USD7 million.
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EMS turns on the TAP
April 18 - EMS-Fehn-Group has begun delivering pipes for the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) project, which is scheduled for completion in 2017.
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Reactor rolls with Lift & Shift
April 18 - Lift & Shift (LSPL) has transported and loaded out a 1,535-tonne Larsen & Toubro (L&T) reactor in Hazira, India, destined for a Sasol plant in the USA.
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Take two for Chipolbrok
April 18 - Chinese-Polish Joint Stock Shipping (Chipolbrok) has taken delivery of the second sister ship in a series of four newbuild heavy lift general cargo vessels from Shanghai Shipyard.
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GAC studies Northern Sea Route
April 15 - GAC Russia has teamed up with the Far East Development Fund to address the challenges faced by international shipping companies transiting the Northern Sea Route (NSR), and to make this transport corridor more attractive to ship and cargo owner
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Another two years of misery, says Drewry
April 14 - Drewry predicts that the multipurpose shipping market is not expected to recover until the end of 2017, when it is anticipated that there will be more bulk demand for Handysize tonnage and therefore more breakbulk cargoes for multipurpose vesse
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Globalink crosses the Caspian
April 13 - Kazakhstan headquartered Globalink Logistics Group has coordinated the delivery of out-of-gauge machinery and construction equipment from Yolotan, Turkmenistan to an oilfield site across the Caspian Sea at Atyrau.
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BWS funnels into France
April 13 - Blue Water Shipping's (BWS) team in Turku, Finland, arranged two part-charters to deliver an exhaust funnel system for the world's largest cruise vessel, currently under construction in France.
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Omani feeder service will handle project cargoes
April 13 - Oman Shipping Company (OSC) is set to launch the first feeder shipping service linking all Omani ports to the United Arab Emirates.
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MACS makes diamond buy
April 12 - MACS Maritime Carrier Shipping has purchased the general cargo ship Diamond Land (previously called Calabria) through a group company.
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Scheuerle develops SPMT widening adaptor
April 12 - Scheuerle has developed a SPMT widening adaptor for high and wide loads, which is claimed will reduce the amount of trailers needed and the carbon footprint for specific transport projects.
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Spliethoff in Canadian reshuffle
April 11 - Spliethoff Group is integrating BigLift Shipping's Toronto office into its Great Lakes department.
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EMS gains Fehn Lyra
April 11 - The 4,500 dwt vessel Fehn Lyra (ex-Fluvius Tamar) has joined the fleet of Fehn Ship Management and will subsequently be chartered by EMS Chartering.